Round 4

We're grateful that we had another uninterrupted stay at home between chemotherapy rounds. Although her hemoglobin is still low, we did not have to take her for a transfusion. She also predictably dipped into neutropenia and suffered mouth sores, but never spiked a fever. We know that we cannot expect these quiet rests between hospital stays, but are so happy to have them.

We head in today for a 5 night stay- and I have heard from the pediatric ward that they are having a hard time fitting all the patients in the rooms. This does not bode well for our stay, as we certainly will be in a shared room. We'll just consider ourselves lucky if we are not put in a 3-family room.

Brian has lined up a busy schedule for Griffin this week, with lots of friends and activities after school. Griffin does seem down, however. I know our long stays are hard on him- he misses his sister and his mama. And we miss him so much!

Our friend Anne started a Facebook Cause page for Millie and the Carousel Fund. Please check it out if you are on Facebook! Here is the link:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/444151

We hope that this week goes smoothly- controlling the nausea and allowing sleep. I will post from our room tomorrow.